[News] Balancing Update

March 5, 2019

To make Mad Rocket: Fog of War more enjoyable and to maintain a fair gaming environment, some adjustments will be made to the current game balance. Many factors are considered when changing the game balance, and requires going through numerous playtests, reviewing players’ feedback, and carefully analyzing the play logs to decide whether to make adjustments.

For the upcoming balance update, the
Canister Cannon and the Battle Drone’s balance will be adjusted, and the bonus
time for destroying buildings will be slightly changed.

The bonus time that can be received for destroying buildings will decrease

Canister Cannon will receive a buff

Battle Drone will be weakened

Planning
various combat strategies

In the current state of the PvP mode, the
outcome of battles is too heavily dependent on the first half of the match,
giving the attacker a high chance of winning without putting much effort in the
latter half.

Due to this issue, from the defender’s
point of view, strategizing for better defense and improving the base layout is
nearly meaningless, which makes it much less entertaining to improve and to
come up with better defense layouts. To fix this problem, we decided to
decrease the amount of bonus time that can be acquired by destroying buildings.
Since less bonus seconds will be given, using tiles efficiently and placing
buildings effectively will become two crucial factors that decide the result of
battles. Also, with the increase in the defense success rate, it will be less difficult
to maintain resources.

The
new Canister Cannon

The Canister Cannon is one of the newer
units that defends the base from both Air and Ground units. However, despite
its utility, the Canister Cannon has been undervalued by many commanders. As a
part of the balance change, the Canister Cannon will receive a buff (DPS will
be nearly doubled). Check out its abilities and see how you can utilize the
Canister Cannon!

Changes
to Battle Drone

The Battle Drone is one of the newer units
that was added along with the Canister Cannon.

The Battle Drone was designed to function
as a support unit that helps explore the base in complex battle layouts.
However, with Battle Drone’s current stats, rather than coordinating with other
weapons, it has nearly taken over other units’ roles and replacing crucial
units. To fix this, some tweaks will be made to Battle Drone’s HP, DMG, and its
speed so that it can fulfill the role it was originally designed to have.

One thing to note is that these changes are
not a permanent change. If you have any suggestions or other ideas to improve
the current balance, feel free to share your feedback!